Cartoons: another victory for Wall Street

Possibly, the most depressing legislation I've ever seen: Consumers lose chance to sue banks...

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Dan Wasserman, The Week

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Cartoons: let's get this straight

Have our priorities been undermined by Twitter?

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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Or is it just the con man in the White House?

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Drew Sheneman, The Week

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Nine months in captivity for many of us.

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Jack Ohman, The Week

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Drugs--where democracy and wanting a better reality intersect for some. What is a drug czar anyway?

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Cartoon: governing by disruption

Originally I had no cartoon for this week. Instead this article in the Washington Post said something to me: Trump governs by disruption — and overloads all the circuits.

O.K. Just one.

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Milt Priggee, The Week

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Cartoons: America's most dangerous

Frankly, moving to Australia is looking more and more attractive.

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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Drew Sheneman, The Week

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Tom Toles, The Week

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoon: a broken ballot box

After very little research and some observation, I've come up with the following definitions for GOP base vs. GOP establishment. Trump's base, for example, is the folks who attend his rallies, commit anti-semitic, racist mayhem, and vote for him. The GOP establishment is the power-mad party that keeps him in office, because they think he will further their interests, such as lower taxes for corporations and the wealthy, repealing Obamacare, etc.

Check out Peter Stevenson's article in the Washington Post for a more reasoned look at "Who exactly is in the ‘GOP establishment?’ (April,2016)".

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Then there's the Russian influence.


-- Marge